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NotGolfer 04-15-2012 12:13 PM
I would have to chime in and say we're feeling quite blessed to be here! Dreamed for years of not having to shovel snow and deal with ice and cold in the winters and the raking in the fall. I've lurked on TOTV for some time now and have observed (and maybe I do this at times too) that folks tend to want what they had "back home". You know, the food, restaurants, ambiance or you fill in the blank. Well we're NOT back home here so we have to acclimate to our new surroundings and culture.

I think of the rudeness...perhaps (and this is just that..a perhaps) these folks have brought their behaviors from whence they've come. I would say even in frustration, to treat them the way YOU would want to be treated---the Golden Rule goes a long way.

ALL of this being said...our expectations have been far exceeded and we love it here! :MOJE_whot:

Penguin 04-15-2012 12:48 PM
Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow pertains to the 4 cycles of a 4 stroke engine. Suck would be the intake stroke
Squeeze the compression stroke
Bang the power stroke and
Blow the exhaust stroke
What that has to do with this post I have no idea and let the honorable CarGuy explain. I'm just stating mechanical facts. :coolsmiley:

eweissenbach 04-15-2012 01:19 PM
We are snowbirds -- for now, and soon hope to be snowflakes. This was our first year to be here in Feb and Mar., and as I have said before I was actually amazed how little congestion we experienced. We have been in TV in April the prior two years, and we expected a real hassle this time, but found traffic manageable, resturaunts usually easily accessable, and the squares hopping, but not overly crowded. I suppose people who live here year-round, and compare it to summer and fall, find it somewhat troubling, but in our frame of reference it was all good. As for the original question, whether it was all we expected, yes and so much more. Who could anticipate a place quite like this? I don't think anyone has previously seen or experienced anything like TV, and so would be hard-pressed to envision all that is here. I often ask people who are experiencing TV for the first time what their impressions are and most respond with some variation of "unbelieveable". As often happens, when people ask me to tell them about The Villages, my response is usually - "you have to experience it, I can't adequately describe it." The Villages aren't perfect, but like the old saying, they are way better than wherever is in second place.

CarGuys 04-15-2012 01:36 PM
Nothing from TOTV fine folks!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 479629)
I am not quite understanding carguy. We just think the world of you. Did I say something insensitive? If so I am sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelers or anyones. Please hurry home.

I hope you meant someone else. Sometimes I am not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Make that OFTEN.

Boy Howdy means......... Well, I'll be darned. Or...Gee Whiz, or I am at a loss for words.............
No you guys have all been great! I Pmed Swin Dawg for her e-mail again to spell it all out. Tooooooooo long for a Post.

I would sum it up or call it On-line bullying from a past poster . He is off line now because. " We are all TOTV negative jerks!" I need social skills to survive in TV. He's so dapper smart, the ladies man and soooooo wonderful. Other mens wifes would just die to have him. Mr. Midnight NOT! It is quite a nasty story one that when I move here will settle real quick face to face.

I think you summed it up Gracie there are some that can hurt feelings and throw out comments out of the range of good honest discussion mixed in with some TOTV well deserved humor. That equates to its fun getting jabbed but not fun when someone is mean! And takes advantage of anothers feelings

Ruth and I were a victim to one such man. It cost us money and emotional pain. From years of media I've taken some well deserved hits! But words can still hurt. We intrusted a fellow neighbor and he just plain cra----d on us and left us wondering what we did wrong? Of course from 1250 miles away that is impossible.

CarGuys 04-15-2012 01:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin (Post 479650)
Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow pertains to the 4 cycles of a 4 stroke engine. Suck would be the intake stroke
Squeeze the compression stroke
Bang the power stroke and
Blow the exhaust stroke
What that has to do with this post I have no idea and let the honorable CarGuy explain. I'm just stating mechanical facts. :coolsmiley:
Brought in to a trust- Take in to a friendship
Squeezed- Used - Favors taken advise given
Bang- Attacked fired on ignited favors consumed
Blow- Dont need you any more- Your exhausted. NEXT!



Just a CarGuy thing so cool you know what it means! The relationship to this post is that while Taxes, Insurance, sinkholes, Electric vs Gas Carts and other things can make you wonder what don't you like about the Villages.

Well I will post because it's most likely happend to others. Words and people who claim t0 be your friend, a goood Christian and then just plain dump on ya in a time of need is mean!

Your a CarGuy and Biker like me. We know the bond that can take place and when a trust is broken it hurts!

Better news is once burned twice cautious!

Trish Crocker 04-15-2012 06:15 PM
Herv, as they say "shake the dust from your feet and move on" (actually THEY don't say it, I think I just made it up:rolleyes: )...anyway, don't waste one moment of your life worrying about some person that doesn't deserve to take up one minute! Concentrate instead on all of the great people you have met and will meet.

graciegirl 04-15-2012 07:27 PM
I agree with Trish. Don't let them take up real estate in your mind.

Bill-n-Brillo 04-15-2012 07:38 PM
Then there's always this:

- - - Biker bar, just south of Myrtle Beach.........Suck Bang Blow : The Original Drive-Thru Biker Bars! - Site

Woo-hoo!! :faint:

Bill :)

pooh 04-15-2012 07:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo (Post 479817)
Then there's always this:

- - - Biker bar, just south of Myrtle Beach.........Suck Bang Blow : The Original Drive-Thru Biker Bars! - Site

Woo-hoo!! :faint:

Bill :)
You come up with the neatest information, Bill....:bigbow:

Bill-n-Brillo 04-15-2012 07:52 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by pooh (Post 479820)
You come up with the neatest information, Bill....:bigbow:
Thanks, pooh! :)

But I WILL NOT divulge how it is that I know about that bar...... :shocked:

Ha-ha! :D

Bill :wave:

Pturner 04-15-2012 07:56 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo (Post 479817)
Then there's always this:

- - - Biker bar, just south of Myrtle Beach.........Suck Bang Blow : The Original Drive-Thru Biker Bars! - Site

Woo-hoo!! :faint:

Bill :)
Nice of you to Squeeze that in.

Golfer in Sanibel 04-15-2012 09:53 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by eweissenbach (Post 479663)
We are snowbirds -- for now, and soon hope to be snowflakes. This was our first year to be here in Feb and Mar., and as I have said before I was actually amazed how little congestion we experienced. We have been in TV in April the prior two years, and we expected a real hassle this time, but found traffic manageable, resturaunts usually easily accessable, and the squares hopping, but not overly crowded. I suppose people who live here year-round, and compare it to summer and fall, find it somewhat troubling, but in our frame of reference it was all good. As for the original question, whether it was all we expected, yes and so much more. Who could anticipate a place quite like this? I don't think anyone has previously seen or experienced anything like TV, and so would be hard-pressed to envision all that is here. I often ask people who are experiencing TV for the first time what their impressions are and most respond with some variation of "unbelieveable". As often happens, when people ask me to tell them about The Villages, my response is usually - "you have to experience it, I can't adequately describe it." The Villages aren't perfect, but like the old saying, they are way better than wherever is in second place.
I like that, Oldcoach. Very nice.:MOJE_whot:

CarGuys 04-15-2012 10:02 PM
Laughing
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo (Post 479817)
Then there's always this:

- - - Biker bar, just south of Myrtle Beach.........Suck Bang Blow : The Original Drive-Thru Biker Bars! - Site

Woo-hoo!! :faint:

Bill :)
The movie Wild Hogs is coming into my mind. But Bill “Your a Harley Guy! That Bar can’t operate. It is missing one of the four strokes! Squeeze? But Ruth says that’s probably some where on the premises.

jsw14 04-15-2012 10:04 PM
TV isn't all that bad, it just takes me two cups of coffee in the mornin to find a Cold Beer!!!!:icon_wink::icon_wink:

Penguin 04-15-2012 10:30 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo (Post 479817)
Then there's always this:

- - - Biker bar, just south of Myrtle Beach.........Suck Bang Blow : The Original Drive-Thru Biker Bars! - Site

Woo-hoo!! :faint:

Bill :)
They forgot the SQUISH part, I call it squish but some would say squeeze.There's a novel idea, let the bikers drink and not even get off their motorcycles.:MOJE_whot:

ilovetv 04-15-2012 10:58 PM
TV is all that we expected and MORE. We wake up every day and marvel that this place is all real and we are not dreaming!

We're here full time except for a few weeks in summer.

I must say.....I think it's really crappy when some (usually older Frogs) b*tch and moan about the snowbirds, renters, etc.

There is nobody here who's not paying their way to live here and partake of the lifestyle, recreation and entertainment. So please stop treating seasonal people like freeloaders or intruders.

Life's too short to be fighting over the small stuff. We have dozens of CYV neighbors who would give us the shirt off their back and come running for any little need or request we've made or might need to make one day. Most of them are the "salt of the earth", and seasonal people are included in those ranks. Neighbors are neighbors, regardless of whether they own, rent, or are seasonal.

We love it here and we love the people!!!!

graciegirl 04-16-2012 06:12 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ilovetv (Post 479883)
TV is all that we expected and MORE. We wake up every day and marvel that this place is all real and we are not dreaming!

We're here full time except for a few weeks in summer.

I must say.....I think it's really crappy when some (usually older Frogs) b*tch and moan about the snowbirds, renters, etc.

There is nobody here who's not paying their way to live here and partake of the lifestyle, recreation and entertainment. So please stop treating seasonal people like freeloaders or intruders.

Life's too short to be fighting over the small stuff. We have dozens of CYV neighbors who would give us the shirt off their back and come running for any little need or request we've made or might need to make one day. Most of them are the "salt of the earth", and seasonal people are included in those ranks. Neighbors are neighbors, regardless of whether they own, rent, or are seasonal.

We love it here and we love the people!!!!


I love your post.

ditzyfitzy 04-16-2012 07:07 AM
IS TV all you thought it would be?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 479238)
I think Cappy makes several valid points. I think too that we are starting instant friendships with strangers thinking that age will negate a lot of other differences. That isn't true.

I think that our geographic origins and the way we were taught to expect or do certain things in certain situations plays a big role.

We easily begin new friendships here or expect friendly behavior from those we've just met and are "put off" by their "strange" responses. One new neighbor on the golf course said I was "fresh". (I had a dickens of a time finding out what "fresh" meant. It isn't a term used in Ohio. Someone bristled over my "Boy Howdy" which simply means "well, I'll be darned" to me and I thought everybody spoke Ohioese.

Midwesterners expect certain things that cause those from the coasts to think we are a little strange. People from certain area's use silence as soft disapproval where other areas HAVE TO HAVE the last word.

On top of this are the internet bullies, the newly affluent, the sick, the tired, the fiesty, the arrogant and the truly kind....all who have been that way for awhile or are trying out new personas.

There are a lot of "fresh starts" here and some invent their pasts to present to others.

In other words, we are older Americans most of us and we are thrown together in a new experience that really is making history on this planet.

I like that about this place and I hate that about this place. Sometimes I long for the way people acted pretty much the same back home.

But considering all that do I love it? You bet your sweet bippy I do.
Nicely said---except for the last sentence! For all of these reasons--I DO NOT LIKE IT HERE...and am looking to sell my home and move out of central FL. I don't seem to meet "authentic" people---meeting people who seem to live a life of "activity", "eating", "drinking"...rather than wanting to share ideas--work on "causes" or help the needy. Also a lot of lying going on---people inventing their pasts to present to others. THAT really bothers me....but, I seem to be in the minority here. The Villages is much more conservative than I thought it would be---I understand that FL is a conservative State (for the most part)...but, I didn't think I'd have to listen to neighbors using the "N" word or calling the President of the US a Muslim (as if that is a dirty word). Actually, I am taken aback at all of the hatred spewed under the guise of "conservatism"...here in The Villages. I have only been here for five years---thinking it would get better as more baby boomers moved into the area---but, it has not.

JMHO.

swimdawg 04-16-2012 09:20 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ditzyfitzy (Post 479920)
Nicely said---except for the last sentence! For all of these reasons--I DO NOT LIKE IT HERE...and am looking to sell my home and move out of central FL. I don't seem to meet "authentic" people---meeting people who seem to live a life of "activity", "eating", "drinking"...rather than wanting to share ideas--work on "causes" or help the needy. Also a lot of lying going on---people inventing their pasts to present to others. THAT really bothers me....but, I seem to be in the minority here. The Villages is much more conservative than I thought it would be---I understand that FL is a conservative State (for the most part)...but, I didn't think I'd have to listen to neighbors using the "N" word or calling the President of the US a Muslim (as if that is a dirty word). Actually, I am taken aback at all of the hatred spewed under the guise of "conservatism"...here in The Villages. I have only been here for five years---thinking it would get better as more baby boomers moved into the area---but, it has not.

JMHO.
Boy Howdy Doody!!!!!!

pooh 04-16-2012 09:24 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ditzyfitzy (Post 479920)
Nicely said---except for the last sentence! For all of these reasons--I DO NOT LIKE IT HERE...and am looking to sell my home and move out of central FL. I don't seem to meet "authentic" people---meeting people who seem to live a life of "activity", "eating", "drinking"...rather than wanting to share ideas--work on "causes" or help the needy. Also a lot of lying going on---people inventing their pasts to present to others. THAT really bothers me....but, I seem to be in the minority here. The Villages is much more conservative than I thought it would be---I understand that FL is a conservative State (for the most part)...but, I didn't think I'd have to listen to neighbors using the "N" word or calling the President of the US a Muslim (as if that is a dirty word). Actually, I am taken aback at all of the hatred spewed under the guise of "conservatism"...here in The Villages. I have only been here for five years---thinking it would get better as more baby boomers moved into the area---but, it has not.

JMHO.
Goodness, who the heck do you hang out with???

Oh, I have no doubt you've met people you've described and honestly, I've met some like that, too....but I encountered more like that in places other than here. Sorry you've had such a negative experience. Good luck on your newest and upcoming adventure.

ditzyfitzy 04-16-2012 09:26 AM
IS TV all you thought it would be?
 
Is it just MY neighborhood--or do others experience the same thing?
I mean--the hatred and intolerance here of diversity--is really something!

ditzyfitzy 04-16-2012 09:31 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by pooh (Post 479968)
Goodness, who the heck do you hang out with???

Oh, I have no doubt you've met people you've described and honestly, I've met some like that, too....but I encountered more like that in places other than here. Sorry you've had such a negative experience. Good luck on your newest and upcoming adventure.

It's NOT the people who I hang out with---it's just that I have only met a FEW that have similar "value systems" to mine......I think that my neighborhood is a typical one---(in Hemingway)...and the people here are openly bigoted, anti-gay..anti ANYTHING that isn't white and military---that I find it quite astonishing!!! A few of my neighbors even have GUNS underneath their beds....very strange to me! I would never even DREAM of owning a gun...but, is it really necessary in TV?

pooh 04-16-2012 10:04 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ditzyfitzy (Post 479972)
It's NOT the people who I hang out with---it's just that I have only met a FEW that have similar "value systems" to mine......I think that my neighborhood is a typical one---(in Hemingway)...and the people here are openly bigoted, anti-gay..anti ANYTHING that isn't white and military---that I find it quite astonishing!!! A few of my neighbors even have GUNS underneath their beds....very strange to me! I would never even DREAM of owning a gun...but, is it really necessary in TV?
Oh my goodness! There are bigoted people in many communities....and I guess you've had the misfortune to meet some who live here...bummer, that's for sure.

Some only feel secure with firearms. Have a friend who has a pistol and will not give up having it around. Some have had guns from other locations they've lived in and it has become one of their forms of security I imagine. Even if it's not needed, giving up something that provides a sense of comfort and safety, well....that's not easy.

Have you met more that are bigoted than not? Do you feel it important to get away from them? You are obviously upset by these people....and I hope, wherever you might go, you'll not encounter that attitude in a new location. Guess I just sort of ignore those type of people.

TV isn't perfect, it's not to everyone's liking. Sorry it's not to yours.

ditzyfitzy 04-16-2012 10:22 AM
IS TV all you thought it would be?
 
I am sure that there ARE bigoted people in all communities---but, I have never met so MANY in one place before! Don't EVEN want to get into politics...but, there are a LOT of tea-party folks here...and their intolerance and what I can only call IGNORANCE...is astonishing to me. When I try to engage in factual conversation ....they say that they don't "want the facts"...that they get all they need to know from "FOX NOISE".

My fibromyalgia is much better in the warmer climate...and that is why I left the Cleveland area to come to FL. I am hoping that someplace closer to a larger city---maybe Sarasota---I will find more diversity...more culture...more "enlightenment"???

momesu 04-16-2012 11:26 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ditzyfitzy (Post 479984)
I am sure that there ARE bigoted people in all communities---but, I have never met so MANY in one place before! Don't EVEN want to get into politics...but, there are a LOT of tea-party folks here...and their intolerance and what I can only call IGNORANCE...is astonishing to me. When I try to engage in factual conversation ....they say that they don't "want the facts"...that they get all they need to know from "FOX NOISE".

My fibromyalgia is much better in the warmer climate...and that is why I left the Cleveland area to come to FL. I am hoping that someplace closer to a larger city---maybe Sarasota---I will find more diversity...more culture...more "enlightenment"???
I am so sorry this has been your experience in TV. Like you I am more liberal than much of Central FL and TV, but I have been fortunate I guess to not encounter what you have. In fact I have been pleasantly at how many like minded people I have met since moving here. I have met many more conservative they are not bigots by any definition, just conservative. Also I have been very impressed with the number out reach programs people I have met are in. Maybe it is just the type of clubs I have joined and the church I have joined but I have found TV to be so much more than what I expected it to be which I guess is what you've encountered. Like I said I am so sorry you have had a negative experience here, but there really is a wonderfully caring and sharing group of TVer's out there.

Suzanne

ditzyfitzy 04-16-2012 11:33 AM
IS TV all you thought it would be?
 
Thanks, Susanne...

pooh 04-16-2012 11:53 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ditzyfitzy (Post 479984)
I am sure that there ARE bigoted people in all communities---but, I have never met so MANY in one place before! Don't EVEN want to get into politics...but, there are a LOT of tea-party folks here...and their intolerance and what I can only call IGNORANCE...is astonishing to me. When I try to engage in factual conversation ....they say that they don't "want the facts"...that they get all they need to know from "FOX NOISE".

My fibromyalgia is much better in the warmer climate...and that is why I left the Cleveland area to come to FL. I am hoping that someplace closer to a larger city---maybe Sarasota---I will find more diversity...more culture...more "enlightenment"???
Glad you're fibromyalgia feels better in the warm climate, but sorry you're encountering so many with, well, almost closed minds. There are clubs with different attitudes about politics....open forums where discussion takes place without hatred or malice. Politics is a taboo subject for me, I'm not that well versed in it and I'd only be feeding a troll.... ;).....let them feed somewhere else..lol.

People move here with the feelings and attitudes from whence they came many times. Their way is the only way, their belief is the correct one....nothing will change their minds. For them, from me it's a smile and little interaction....heck, I'm probably not the type of person they want to hang around with, anyway.
Again, I'm sorry you're experiencing a less than homey feeling here. Sarasota is nice, my son and his family lived there for years....they loved it. If you do move, I hope you find just what your heart needs and desires.

eweissenbach 04-16-2012 12:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ditzyfitzy (Post 479972)
It's NOT the people who I hang out with---it's just that I have only met a FEW that have similar "value systems" to mine......I think that my neighborhood is a typical one---(in Hemingway)...and the people here are openly bigoted, anti-gay..anti ANYTHING that isn't white and military---that I find it quite astonishing!!! A few of my neighbors even have GUNS underneath their beds....very strange to me! I would never even DREAM of owning a gun...but, is it really necessary in TV?
DO NOT....I REPEAT.....DO NOT.....sign up for the politics board.

rubicon 04-16-2012 01:49 PM
Well once again open and honest dialogue detoriates into a diatribe. While no one has appointed me ambassador I cannot let stand a perception about the type of people who reside here in TV. For the past six years I can count on one hand the number of people, living in TV, I'd rather not be around...but even then in their presence each and every time I remained cordial. As I have been taught feelings are neither right or wrong ,but rather, it is how I react to those feelings that matter.

As the years pass quickly I am repeatedly convinced that the only emotion to embrace is the love for my family and giving them my undivided attention because in the end that is all that really matters.

pooh 04-16-2012 01:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 480068)
Well once again open and honest dialogue detoriates into a diatribe. While no one has appointed me ambassador I cannot let stand a perception about the type of people who reside here in TV. For the past six years I can count on one hand the number of people, living in TV, I'd rather not be around...but even then in their presence each and every time I remained cordial. As I have been taught feelings are neither right or wrong ,but rather, it is how I react to those feelings that matter.

As the years pass quickly I am repeatedly convinced that the only emotion to embrace is the love for my family and giving them my undivided attention because in the end that is all that really matters.
:BigApplause::BigApplause::thumbup:

graciegirl 04-16-2012 02:25 PM
I don't like the political forum. I don't like to be where people can't TRY to find some common ground and embrace their similariities. Accepting diversity, to me... means trying peacefully to live with everyone, even with those with whom you disagree politically and with whom you don't share religious views or background.

I, like Pooh, try NOT to get into discussions with people about politics. You will never change their minds or your own.

Accepting their diversity (to me) means accepting that their life experiences have brought them to their current opinion.

swimdawg 04-16-2012 02:31 PM
Back to original question....
 
Okay....okay kids...I never thought it would come to this. Now back to my question.....

Is TV all you thought it would be???

C'mon.....let's hear from some of you who rarely post. I can see you out there....reading this thread...with my x-ray vision. :D

Moderator 04-16-2012 03:45 PM
OK, folks, let's get back on topic and try to keep politics out of this thread. If you want to discuss political leanings and attitudes of Villagers, please take it to the political forum.

Also, please discuss the topic and not the person making the post. Respect and civility, please.

Villages PL 04-16-2012 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by swimdawg (Post 479219)
I posed this question to a new friend of mine. She gave me a very honest and insightful answer. She suggested that I ask this question on TOTV.

So...here goes: Is The Villages all you thought it would be? Please tell us how long you've been in TV....if you're a Frog or Snowbird/Snowflake. Maybe share with us if your feelings/thoughts about TV has changed with time?
Darn your x-ray vision, I thought I'd get away with just reading other people's posts. I've been here since 1999. I looked all over central Florida for a number of years but couldn't find any place that I felt I could relate to. When I started looking I was in my early to mid fifties and all I saw was a lot of "old" people. Now I'm 70 and I feel like I fit in, as far as age goes.

When I sold my house in a nearby small town, I had to make a fast decision. So I decided on the villages because I have a relative living here. I figured, "at least I know someone". But I didn't have any big expectations about the villages. I didn't think The Villages would make me happy. You're either a happy person or your not. Whatever you are, you bring it with you. So, I'm basically the same person today as I was when I came here.

About 98 percent of the time I'm content and happy.

To be continued:

njbchbum 04-16-2012 04:56 PM
am a bit like villages pl...we needed someplace to go to get out of the winter and we had several friends who lived in the villages...we had visited them on occasion and thoroughly enjoyed those visits so we had a good idea what it was all about.

as a youngster i grew up being judged by all i met...did my share of judging others, too...was asked by a college roomie 'who are you to judge?'' and quickly gave up the practice...so when we bought our snowbird retreat in the villages there were few expectations...and fewer judgements! we just accepted what came our way - graciously and with gratitude...even if what came our was was something less than we found acceptable or appropriate, we just took it for what it was worth and never let it bother us - even if it was a person!

life is too short to be upset by something or someone who is not like me. i love diversity because i learn so much from it. i may not like all of it - but i try very hard to learn from it. and the villages sure offers me diversity! i just hope that when i am there [and here on the forums] i offer my share of diversity gracefully. ;)

i guess expectations have their place - like when you buy something or pay for a service - but beyond that, my experience has shown that high expectations lead to disappointment and low expectations lead to pleasant surprises...we all need some of each to stay balanced.

MSNPA 04-16-2012 06:09 PM
We bought in 2006 and moved here as full time residents summer 2007. It took my husband a matter of days to be comfortable and happy. It took me much longer, but I am happy. I love the beauty of the community. I actually feel very safe living here. I love the opportunities to do so much. I attend line dance classes every day and always look forward to my yoga classes through The Life Long Learning College. I walk dogs at All Creatures Animal Sanctuary which is my favorite thing in the world and this never would have happened if I didn't live here.
There are still times I feel something is missing. Therefore every year we take a vacation and we always look for day trips, restaurants and shopping outside The Villages when we (I) need a change of pace.

eweissenbach 04-16-2012 06:12 PM
NOTHING you can buy will make you happy. Too many people think that a new car, new home, new man/woman, new golf clubs, new TV, etc. is all they need to make them happy. Happiness, or contentment comes from within, not from without. The Villages is a great place to live, but it won't make you happy unless you are predisposed to be happy. I think mostly happy, well adjusted people move to TV because they like the activities, the people of their age and interests, and the beauty. If they were not happy before, I fear they are not likely to be happy here. The evironment of TV is condusive to an active, healthy, entertaining lifestyle, but not everyone will avail themselves of those benefits. I guess I would say that is a good thing as there is only room for about 110,000 residents more or less, and there is not room for all the people who live in this world.

jimbo2012 04-16-2012 06:13 PM
"All Creatures Animal Sanctuary"

What's that all about?

Bill-n-Brillo 04-16-2012 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 480191)
"All Creatures Animal Sanctuary"

What's that all about?
Here's their web site, I believe:

Home

Bill :)

swimdawg 04-17-2012 10:53 AM
Is TV all you thought it would be?
 
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Originally Posted by eweissenbach (Post 480189)
NOTHING you can buy will make you happy. Too many people think that a new car, new home, new man/woman, new golf clubs, new TV, etc. is all they need to make them happy. Happiness, or contentment comes from within, not from without. The Villages is a great place to live, but it won't make you happy unless you are predisposed to be happy. I think mostly happy, well adjusted people move to TV because they like the activities, the people of their age and interests, and the beauty. If they were not happy before, I fear they are not likely to be happy here. The evironment of TV is condusive to an active, healthy, entertaining lifestyle, but not everyone will avail themselves of those benefits. I guess I would say that is a good thing as there is only room for about 110,000 residents more or less, and there is not room for all the people who live in this world.
Good post, Ed! And how very true.


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